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B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Improves Habitat with long Term Advantages

Artificial Habitat Benefits Bass Fisheries

DateFriday, March 8, 2013 at 9:21AM  ActivistAngler.com

Fisheries in West Virginia and New Mexico are showcasing a new generation of manmade habitat, thanks to innovative state conservation directors in the B.A.S.S. Nation (BN).

Both Jerod Harman and Earl Conway saw the need for effective and long-lasting habitat in reservoirs that endure huge water fluctuations on a regular basis. More habitat articles at fishiding.com

“Climate change is already impacting the Southwest,” said New Mexico’s Conway. “Over-allocation of water rights and drought have drained many reservoirs in New Mexico and west Texas. Shoreline and aquatic vegetation is gone and replanting is futile when lake levels fluctuate 20 feet or so every year.

“That’s where floating islands come to the rescue.”

In West Virginia, meanwhile, the West Virginia BN has teamed with a company that makes fish habitat from recycled vinyl and reclaimed PVC to build an “oasis for bass” in Sutton Lake, according to Jerod Harman.

It consists of pea gravel, spider blocks, artificial structures fromFishiding, and vegetation growing in a 5,000-square-foot cage on a mud flat, with a creek channel nearby.

“The artificial structures attract the bass looking for a place to spawn,” Harman explained. “The pea gravel provides the correct bottom structure for bedding.

“When the young bass hatch, the artificial structures help provide a protective environment. The periphyton (mixture of algae, microbes, and bacteria that forms the base of food chain) will provide nutrients for growth, and, later on, the small bass fry can relocate to inside of the vegetation cage for protection from predators.

“This is something that I am really excited about!”

Harman added that he believes the habitat made by Dave Ewald’s Illinois company, which features vinyl strips attached to a heavy base, will greatly enhance periphyton growth, as well as provide better cover for survival of young bass than will the spider blocks alone.

“The structures are ready for installation right out of the box, and David was great to work with,” the conservation director said. “I would definitely recommend these, especially for a small group of volunteers who need to complete a larger-scale project in a limited amount of time.”

Conway and the New Mexico BN also are growing periphyton, but on floating islands instead of vinyl strips. One of those islands, complete with spawning platform, won the 2010 Berkley Conservation Award and was the first step in what the conservation director hopes will be a major habitat restoration project for Elephant Butte.

Bruce Kania’s Floating Island International, a Montana company, has provided the New Mexico BN with prototypes and expertise.

“Floating islands aren’t new,” Conway said. “They occur in nature and have a proven track record for improving water quality and enhancing fish production, but I think that we are just beginning to realize how they can add an entirely new dimension to habitat restoration options.

“My experience is that the shade and food they provide makes them better fish attractors than boat docks or tire water breaks. They are being used more often in public waters and it is just a matter of time until someone wins a major tournament or catches a monster bass off a floating island.”

(This article appeared originally in B.A.S.S. Times.)

Fishiding underwater photos by Engbretson Underwater photography

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Wonder Lake Sportsman’s Club adds over 50 more Fishiding artificial fish habitat

 
Published 17th Nov 2011
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Members of the Sportsman’s club are at it again, enhancing their lake with more long term habitat, teamed up with Fishiding, 56 units of all varieties were dropped in a key area adjacent to spawning grounds. About 10 shallow Cradle models were sunk in 3-5 feet of water, with a line of Safehouse structures leading out to deeper water. The Cradle model consists of hundreds of fine strands of reclaimed PVC designed to give fry and baitfish areas to grow and hide from predators. When the fry have adequate habitat, they are given time to grow to the preferred size of 4-6 inches before venturing out into deeper water to become forage for predators.See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper.

The key is to make sure there is a continuous line or “tree row” of habitat from shallow spawning grounds out to deep water.

If the fish have to swim from shallow areas out to deeper cover without cover to hide in, they get eaten prematurely, or before growing large enough to best benefit the larger predators like bass, walleye, crappie and musky.

The club members clipped structurespot markers to each unit as it was dropped, to see where each one lands to ensure the continuous coverage.

When all units are installed, they took some pictures to refer to the shape and design they created.

After the pics, they simply pull the clip free on the structurespot markers and wind them  up to re-use.

The Safehouse models were installed from about 5 feet deep out to 8 feet and deeper where a huge cluster of the largest Keeper models were dropped.

Algae begins to grow immediately in this dark, fertile water and the club will be fishing over them this winter through the ice.

To date, over 125 fishiding fish habitatunits have been installed, with more being put together by members, donated by fishiding.

Wonder Lake, at 830 acres, is the largest private lake in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Through many different fund raising events, the club stocks fish twice a year as well as building and installing over 100 Wood duck houses, maintaining them and even video recording the hatching of chicks too.

Annual lake cleanups, fish shocking surveys, carp derbys and kids fishing events are just a few of the things the club does for the lake and the community.

$2M in Lake Michigan projects for Fish Habitat viewed as job growth

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Christopher Meyers, Director of Planning for City of Gary, (left) and Joel Baldwin, project manager with Hitchcock Design Group, talk about the dredging work at the Marquette Lagoon that will soon begin following a press conference at Marquette Park in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Friday October 7, 2011. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative action plan, developed by the EPA with 15 other federal agencies in 2010, calls for aggressive efforts to address five priorities:

Clean up toxics and areas of concern

Combat invasive species

Promote near-shore health by protecting watersheds from polluted run-off

Restore wetlands and other habitats

Track progress, education and work with strategic partners

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GARY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced a $1 million grant from its Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to the Regional Development Authority for a job-creating dredging project of the Marquette Park lagoon.

The EPA also awarded $994,350 to the U.S. Geological Survey to expand fish and bird monitoring along the Great Lakes’ beaches to fight botulism and other contaminants damaging wildlife. About 20 percent of that money, and 20 jobs, will come to Gary next year.

Just a few yards away from the Lake Michigan’s southern shore, in a serene part of the massive park, dignitaries gathered beneath shade trees to hear of the awards and what they will mean for the area.

Meanwhile, workers with heavy machinery continued the $28 million, RDA-funded facelift of the park nearby, including the popular Marquette Park Pavilion.

The grant to the RDA will go toward dredging the lagoon and using the soil to firm up the lagoon’s shoreline, said Cameron Davis, EPA senior adviser on the Great Lakes. Erosion and other natural forces have pounded the lagoon.

“It’s an area of concern that needs most of our help,” Davis said, adding the project will improve fish and wildlife habitats around the lagoon.

To get the money the RDA and its contractor, Ohio-based Los Alamos Technical Associates, had to agree to hire up to 20 unemployed residents to do the work. The work will include dredging soil from the bottom of the lagoon to expand the fish habitat and relocating that soil to the shoreline and other areas.

The U.S. Geological Survey also had to agree to hire 20 local employees to land its share of the federal money. The work will include collecting different animal species, including carcasses, to determine if botulism was the cause of the deaths.

“This $1 million is our tax dollars being put to good use,” said U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville. “This is an example of how our tax money can be wisely spent and put to use to put citizens to work.”

Christopher Meyers, Gary’s planning director, said the city would work closely with Los Alamos to ensure the company hires locally.

“There is the great environmental benefit, but, ultimately, it’s about creating jobs and helping the local economy,” Meyers said.Michael Gonzalez

Environmental Issues Worth Paying Attention

 AUG 15 2011

If you care about sustainable communities, what topics do you pursue? A leading green organization outlines its priorities.

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NRDC’s work for sustainable communities at the neighborhood scale and on regional planning is designed to address multiple environmental issues simultaneously. But, at the same time, moving toward sustainability requires work on selected individual issues in a focused way, bringing significant resources to bear on a limited number of key challenges faced Continue reading “Environmental Issues Worth Paying Attention”

The Tribe has been duped……

Conservation Futures funds should be used for conservation, not urban parks

August 9th, 2011

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Necanicum project is kind to fish and city

| August 9, 2011

SEASIDE — Seaside stands to benefit from an $875,000 project managed by the Necanicum Watershed Council, but the city will pay only Continue reading “Necanicum project is kind to fish and city”

Fish habitat Projects Funded by Individual States

More than 800 million has been invested in recent years in these state fish habitat projects alone, see where your money is being spent….

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Below are examples of projects FishAmerica has funded in each state. For a complete list, contact FishAmerica, 703.519.9691

*Indicates a project funded by the Research Projects Committee.

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ALABAMA

Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (2004: $5,000) To restore fish habitat in Logan-Martin Lake through the placement of brush piles, cut trees, and new aquatic vegetation.

Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (2004: $5,000) To purchase stocked catfish for the 2004 and 2005 Joe Wheeler Lake Youth Fishing Event at Wheeler Lake.

ALASKA

Youth Restoration Corps (2004: $10,000) To stabilize streambanks and restore fisheries habitat along an acre of the Caribou, Crescent, and Cooper Creeks in Chugach National Forest.

Alaska Association of Conservation Districts (2004: $7,500) To stabilize and revegetate 4,500 square feet of Cottonwood Creek in the Cook Inlet watershed.

ARIZONA

*Anglers United (2000: $15,000) To conduct an economic impact study of an improved Lake Havasu fisheries resource.

Anglers United (2000: $4,400) To purchase fish habitat materials for the final stages of the Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Program.

ARKANSAS

Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (2004: $5,000) To construct and place 20 PVC fish habitat shelters in Beaver Lake.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (2002: $5,000) To restore sport fishing in Lake Ouachita.

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CALIFORNIA

Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation (2004: $25,000) To restore and improve rearing and foraging habitat and water quality at the mouth of the San Diego River.

Sonoma Ecology Center (2004: $49,380) To restore water quality and fisheries habitat for steelhead and chinook salmon in the San Francisco Bay watershed through riparian revegetation.

COLORADO

West Denver Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2003: $1,943) To repair and prevent further erosion damage around three fishing platforms and a dam at an educational center fishing pond.

*Colorado Division of Wildlife (2001: $2,500) To pilot the Colorado fly-fishing Ladies, Let’s GO Fishing Seminar.

CONNECTICUT

Old Saybrook Land Trust (2004: $19,000) To construct a fishway to open 11 mile sand 15 acres of spawning habitat for anadromous fish in the Long Island Sound watershed.

Save the Sound (2000: $17,364) To install an Alaskan steep pass fishway at the Main Street Dam on the Rippowam/Mill River.

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DELAWARE

Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (2003: $1,237) To restore passage of American Eel through the construction of an eelway at Millsboro Pond dam.

Delaware Department of Natural Resources (1991: $5,700) To provide channel catfish and fish attractor devices for restoration project on Silver Lake.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Sport Fishing Institute (1994: $15,000) To support the Sport Fishing Institute’s sport fishing research and conservation program.

Sport Fishing Institute Artificial Reef Development Center (1991: $10,000) To develop a manual on artificial habitat improvement techniques to be used by FishAmerica grantees, civic groups, and sporting clubs.

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FLORIDA

Wildlife Research Team (2004: $35,000) To restore fisheries habitat and reconnect tidal flow to 23 acres of mangrove forest in the Biscayne Bay watershed.

St. Lucie County, Florida (2004: $50,000) To restore tidal flow and fish passage through the replacement of six culverts in the Indian River Lagoon.

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GEORGIA

Lake Oconee Bass Masters & the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (2002: $10,000) To restore fisheries habitat and water quality in Lake Oconee by planting submerged aquatic vegetation and stabilizing the lake’s shorelines.

Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority (1991: $7,600) Second year of funding for a bank stabilization project on the Coosa River.

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HAWAII

Wahiawa Intermediate School (1998: $6,000) To construct a multiple use hatchery and rearing facility on the campus of Wahiawa Intermediate School to spawn and rear largemouth bass for stocking in Lake Wilson.

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IDAHO

West Central Highlands Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. (2003: $32,000) To create a DNA library of genetic information for bull trout in order to provide insight into the geographic patterns of genetic diversity, degree of population isolation, and the gene flow patterns of bull trout.

Henry’s Fork Foundation (2000: $6,000) To revegetate streambanks along the famed Henry’s Fork of the Snake River.

ILLINOIS

Hofmann Dam River Rats (2002: $5,000) To enhance instream habitat and stabilize the shoreline along the Des Plaines River.

Illinois Conservation Foundation (2000: $4,000) To help construct an artificial reef in southern Lake Michigan near Chicago.

INDIANA

Southeastern Indiana Bass Stocking Association (1987: $1,650) To purchase equipment and supplies for rearing fingerling largemouth bass for stocking in embayments of the Ohio River.

Camp Tecumseh, YMCA (1989: $6,000) To improve habitat for lake that serves Boy Scouts and campers.

IOWA

South Sioux City Community Foundation (2004: $7,500) To restore an fisheries habitat and an urban family fishing area in South Sioux City through streambank stabilization.

Washington County Conservation Foundation (2003: $2,000) To build an interactive display for the new Washington County Conservation Education Center.

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KANSAS

City of Overbrook (2001: $1,000) To purchase 2,000 largemouth bass fingerlings to stock new lake.

Kansas Wildscape Foundation (2000: $1,250) To enhance fish habitat and improve water quality on a 15-acre pond by providing an alternative water source for cattle.

KENTUCKY

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (2003: $5,000) To restore fisheries habitat by stabilizing 1,600 feet of shoreline on Kentucky Lake.

Twin Lakes Crappie Club (2001: $4,000) To purchase artificial reef habitat material for an enhancement project on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.

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LOUISIANA

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation & Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (2004: $5,000) To purchase and stock Phase II Florida strain largemouth bass in Atchafalaya Basin.

New Orleans City Park Improvement Association (2002: $16,500) To improve fisheries habitat in the City Park Lagoon System by installing aerators and improving fish passage into the lagoon.

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MAINE

*Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (2003: $15,660) To determine which of three strains of brook trout will improve survival rate and sportfishing in stocked fishing ponds.

Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District (2002: $25,000) To improve fish passage, habitat and water quality in Dearborn Creek by replacing a culvert, removing debris from the streambed and stabilizing the streambanks.

MARYLAND

Severn River Association (2004: $30,000) To restore two acres of fish habitat in Hidden Pond in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The Potomac Conservancy (2004: $16,422) To improve fisheries habitat and water quality through riparian revegetation in Carroll Creek within the Monocacy River watershed.

MASSACHUSETTS

Town of Dennis, Massachusetts (2004: $28,800) To restore anadromous fish habitat through the replacement of two culverts along Quivett Creek.

Town of Truro, Massachusetts (2004: $17,500) To restore the fisheries habitat of a 717-acre lagoon and salt marsh system in the East Harbor Estuary.

MICHIGAN

Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited (2002: $8,300) To restore fisheries habitat in Michigan’s streams through dredging.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources (2001: $5,000) To stock Pocket Pond, a kids’ fishing pond at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.

MINNESOTA

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (2002: $5,000) To restore instream walleye habitat and improve water quality on the Cannon River by installing habitat structures and stabilizing streambanks.

Outdoor Heritage Education Center (2001: $500) To purchase artificial habitat materials for Swan Lake.

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (2004: $29,990) To improve water quality and fisheries habitat through the creation of two  oyster reefs in Back Bay Biloxi and St. Louis Bay.

Holly Springs National Forest  (1997: $27,500) To add 40 gravel spawning beds, 30 brush pile fish attractors, and 250 underwater ledges, channels and islands to Chewalla Lake, a 260-acre recreational fishery which supports bass, bluegill, red ear, and channel catfish populations.

MISSOURI

Florissant-Ferguson School District (2000: $10,000) To construct a ½ acre public fishing pond in the school’s Little Creek Nature area.

Mark Twain National Forest (1999: $4,000) To conduct habitat enhancement projects on Mill Creek, a popular bass and bluegill stream.

MONTANA

The Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2003: $20,000) To restore 11,000 feet of the lower Nevada Spring Creek to improve water quality and habitat quantity for westslope cutthroat and brown trout.

Madison-Gallitin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1998: $6,000) To restore prime spawning and rearing habitat for brown, rainbow, and cutthroat trout through placement of log cover, bank reconstruction, and planting of willows.

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NEBRASKA

National Outdoorsmen’s Conservation Foundation (1984: $2,500) To improve habitat for private ponds open to the public.

NEVADA

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (1997: $10,000) To remove a culvert blocking the upstream migration of the bull trout and redband trout.

Las Vegas Flyfishing Club (1990: $840) To construct in-stream habitat structures in Beaver Dam Creek, a tributary of the Schroeder Reservoir.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

*New Hampshire Lakes Association (2002: $9,000) To determine the economic value of New Hampshire’s surface waters showing the importance to recreational fishing and boating.

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (2002: $10,000) To restore fish passage on the Contoocook River by removing the West Henniker Dam.

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Conservation Officers Association (2003: $6,650) To restore three ponds, totaling 25 acres, at Pinelands High School in Little Egg Harbor.

Ocean County Planning Department (2001: $8,700) To restore 35 acres of salt marsh in the Barnegat Bay watershed by recreating the natural tidal flow in the marsh.

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Trout (1998: $10,000) To purchase fencing and native riparian vegetation for a habitat restoration and hands-on environmental education project on the Santa Fe River.

NEW YORK

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2004: $50,000) To install a fishway to open up 29 miles of spawning and nursery habitat for American shad.

Trout Unlimited-Art Flick Chapter (2003: $21,830) To install a fish ladder at Hard’s Lake Dam on the Carmans River to open more than 30 acres of spawning habitat and two miles of riverine habitat.

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina Coastal Federation (2004: $17,525) To improve water quality and fisheries habitat through the creation of oyster reefs and restoration of 6,000 acres of the North River.

Coastal Conservation Association–North Carolina & the Long Bay Artificial Reef Association (2002: $10,000) To restore fisheries habitat along coastal North Carolina by creating artificial reefs.

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota Game and Fish Department (2003: $25,000) To remove silt, improve streambank rip rap, and improve a spillway structure at the Dickinson Dike on the Missouri River.

Bowman-Slope Conservation District (1994: $5,000) To construct a water control structure and purchase rock rip rap to reduce sedimentation in the Bowman/Haley Reservoir.

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OHIO

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (2000: $10,000) To purchase 180 Berkley Fish Habs to attract fish and create essential habitat cover at four public lakes.

Lake Improvement Association (1993: $973) To construct fish attractors in Grand Lake St. Mary’s.

OKLAHOMA

Nichols Marine Vision for the Preservation of Fishing (2004: $5,000) To restore 9,000 feet of shoreline through the planting of water willow in Lake Eufaula.

89er Chapter of Trout Unlimited (2002: $8,000) To restore family fishing opportunities in Oklahoma City by installing an aerator in a local fishing pond.

OREGON

Coos Watershed Association (2004: $36,850) To restore instream habitat for salmon and trout in Andersen and Dalton Creeks in the Coos Bay watershed.

*Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (2003: $25,350) To determine and describe the use of floodplain wetlands as over-wintering habitat by young-of-year and yearling coho and chinook salmon and to determine their ability to use water-control structures for passage in and out of wetlands.

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PENNSYLVANIA

Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Conservation and Development Council (2004: $22,000) To restore anadromous and freshwater fish access to one mile of upstream fisheries habitat in the Delaware River watershed.

Izaak Walton League (2004: $20,000) To create riparian stream buffers, install livestock fencing and reconstruct natural stream channels along 25,000 linear miles of stream in Mill Creek.

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RHODE ISLAND

Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District (2003: $7,000) To restore tidal flow and fish access to Potter’s Cove Pond by replacing damaged culverts.

Town of Warren (2000: $25,000) To restore herring runs on the Kickemuit River by constructing a fish ladder at the Kickemuit Reservoir.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Coastal Conservation Association, South Carolina (2002: $7,100) To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal South Carolina.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2001: $13,900) To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal South Carolina.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2000: $5,000) To purchase materials to anchor and install Christmas trees in Lake Murray.

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (2003: $13,210) To restore essential fish habitat through the construction/restoration of 30 oyster reefs along the South Carolina coast.

Coastal Conservation Association–South Carolina (2002: $7,100) To create and restore oyster beds as essential fish habitat in coastal South Carolina.

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TENNESSEE

Sumner County Convention and Visitors Bureau (2004: $5,000) To repair a currently existing boat ramp at Bull’s Creek in Old Hickory Lake.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (2002: $5,000) To convert a four-acre retention pond into a fish-rearing pond for state hatcheries in the Old Hickory Wildlife Management Area.

TEXAS

Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge’s (2004: $12,500) To restore fish passage to the Brundrett Lakes through the replacement of two failing culverts.

Galveston Bay Foundation (2000: $15,000) To restore salt marsh areas in the Galveston Bay area.

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UTAH

State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (2003: $16,000) To improve sportfishing opportunities and install fish habitat structures at two fishing ponds Helper and Price cities.

Helper City (1994: $5,275) To assist with habitat (stream channel) improvement to the Price River as part of a comprehensive fishery improvement program.

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VERMONT

NorthWoods Stewardship Center (2004: $6,170) To revegetate nearly six acres of riparian habitat in the third and final phase of the Sleepers River Riparian Restoration Project.

Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District  (2003: $15,000) To restore instream habitat and improve water quality along 10 miles of stream in the Lake Champlain watershed.

VIRGINIA

Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship (2004: $3,800) To restore fisheries habitat and improve water quality by planting native vegetation on Yeocomico River shorelines.

The Elizabeth River Project (2004: $25,000) To improve water quality and fisheries habitat through restoration of a one-third acre oyster reef at the mouth of Paradise Creek.

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WASHINGTON

Willapa Bay Fisheries Enhancement Group (2004: $48,500) To restore fish passage for salmonids to more than 4.1 miles of upstream spawning habitat in the Willapa Bay watershed.

Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (2004: $10,000) To restore fisheries habitat by stabilizing 2,500 feet of streambank in the Nooksack River watershed.

WEST VIRGINIA

Upper Knapps Creek Watershed Association (2001: $10,000) To restore instream habitat and stabilize streambanks along 17 miles in the Upper Knapps Creek watershed.

Lower Paint Creek Association (2000: $8,000) To stabilize the stream banks and create plunge pools on Paint Creek.

WISCONSIN

Florence County Forestry & Recreation Department (2002: $3,000) To improve walleye populations in Florence County lakes by improving the county’s walleye rearing pond.

Walleyes for Tomorrow (2000: $10,000) To create walleye spawning habitat in Green Bay.

WYOMING

Little Bighorn Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1995: $6,000) To stabilize eroding banks and to create additional plunge pools to increase habitat availability for cutthroat and brook trout on the Little Big Horn and South Tongue.

Flaming Gorge/Lower Green River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (1995: $4,500) To purchase vegetation and conduct riparian stabilization projects on the “Big Bend Areas” of the Big Sandy River.

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CANADA

*The University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre (2003: $20,000) To determine survival rates or marine mortality of juvenile Coho salmon in Howe Sound, British Columbia.

Conservation Niagara Foundation (2003: $13,000) To improve habitat and public fishing opportunities at two of Niagara Peninsula’s popular public fishing areas.

4.5 million in 91 acre lake improvements and fish habitat

Dutch Fork to be refilled starting next fall

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The project

Details about repairing Dutch Fork Lake, hold on to your hat….

History: Dutch Fork Lake a 91 acre impoundment was created in 1959. That dam had outlived its usefulness Continue reading “4.5 million in 91 acre lake improvements and fish habitat”

River has been successfully restored and re-established as fish habitat

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